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Goheung Nokdong Port Drone Show 2024 in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, South Korea

고흥 녹동항 드론쇼 2024

Apr – Nov2024
13 –30
Sat–Sat Saturdays at 21:00 (about 10 minutes), busking from 20:00
Past edition

13 April 2024 to 30 November 2024 · Saturdays at 21:00 (about 10 minutes), busking from 20:00; one pre-season announcement gave 20:00 for October and November. Closing show on 30 November from 18:30.

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Goheung Nokdong Port Drone Show page (4 Apr – 31 Oct 2026).

Venue this year. Nokdong Sea Garden main stage. The county planned a food-stall street, food trucks, a farm and fishery market and new night lighting on Sorok Bridge.

Dates13 Apr – 30 Nov 2024
HoursSaturdays at 21:00 (about 10 minutes), busking from 20:00; one pre-season announcement gave 20:00 for October and November. Closing show on 30 November from 18:30.
VenueNokdong Port (2026 Saturday shows: dome theatre car park)전라남도 고흥군 도양읍 봉암리 3953
AdmissionFree; no tickets.
Next edition2025: 12 Apr – 25 Oct 2025

Program

  • 13 Apr openingbusking from 20:00, 1,500 drones, multimedia fireworks, a laser show and a duck-repelling drone demonstration; about 10,000 viewers
  • Regular Saturday shows with 700 or more drones at the Nokdong Sea Garden main stage
  • 30 May–2 Junfour nightly 21:00 shows with more than 700 drones for the 22nd Nokdong Sea Fireworks Festival
  • 30 Nov closingbusking, a short ceremony, 1,500 drones (about 200 carrying fireworks) and about 2,200 sea firework shots, with folk games beforehand

Notes on the 2024 edition

2nd season, about eight months. More than 100,000 viewers over the first 9 shows (June 2024 report). Over 2023–2024 the county counted 52 shows, about 420,000 visitors and about ₩35 billion of economic effect. A New Year special followed on 1 January 2025 at Namyeol Haenidoeul Beach in Yeongnam-myeon.

About the festival

The Goheung Nokdong Port Drone Show (고흥 녹동항 드론쇼) is a free drone light show over Nokdong Port in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, with Sorok Bridge behind it, held every Saturday at 21:00 from 4 April to 31 October 2026 (900 drones, busking from 20:00) and on the last Friday of each month in Goheung-eup. As of 19 October 2026 the season's last shows are Saturday 24 October, Friday 30 October (Goheung-eup) and Saturday 31 October; the 2027 season is expected from April. Rain or strong wind cancels a show. From Seoul it is about 4 h 40 m by express bus via Goheung, and no bus leaves Nokdong after the show, so plan to stay the night.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Goheung Nokdong Port Drone Show page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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